Posted by alexandra_k on October 15, 2013, at 2:19:59
In reply to Re: ECT-Advice Needed » babbler20, posted by Phillipa on October 14, 2013, at 23:01:56
i think smart, sensitive people have more of a capacity to suffer. it is partly genetic... how reactive the nervous system is... but it surely does seem to be the case that suffering isn't so obviously correlated to relatively objective things (like poverty or abuse or whatever). seems to be something different going on.
i think sometimes of horses or dogs... i used to have this thing for border collies. very smart. very talented (with respect to ability to be trained to elite level obedience, agility etc - even retrieving once they opened that up to non-traditionally hunting breeds). also batshit crazy ahaha. when not kept busy outsmarting sheep all day (or being trained / exercised and crated rather than kept as a pet), at least.
i'm glad to hear that you have a counsellor who you feel you fit well with. maybe she can help you figure out what might make you feel happier about your life?
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